Can you please point out when I, personally, have said that Updyke is a reflection of the Alabama fanbase or impugned his crimes onto Alabama? Because that really slipped my mind. People are gonna say what they're gonna say regardless, but at the end of the day, we're all individuals and we all are capable of doing really awesome things and really dumb things. The Auburn 4 and Updyke did dumb/dangerous things. The shirt/hat/jersey they wear is irrelevant.

Oh please. We're all just fans of the school and/or alumni. None of us here have any control over the football team, coaching staff, athletic department, or anything else. That goes double for trying to control the actions of 18 and 19 year old boys that none of us know. I wish the young men best of luck trying to get their lives turned around, but this reflects more on them than on Auburn or any other institution.

How does Chizik not have coaching skill? This year Auburn lost 24 seniors and was predicted to only win (at best) 5 games. 8-5 isn't an amazing record, but way better than the experts predicted. And he seems to have us headed in the right direction. As far as Cam's integrity, again, what proof do you have that he doesn't have it? The NCAA spent a year and a half checking into every possible avenue and found nothing to implicate him. Plus, after leaving Auburn, what trouble has he gotten himself into? Why, none! And his coaches and team mates like and respect him.

If Dyer leaves, I'll hate it because he was fun to watch and a very good player. Still, at the end of the day, he's gotta make the best decision for him. If he's truly unhappy at Auburn, he very well may need to go elsewhere. Whatever decision he makes, I wish him the best! If he does leave, we'll be ok at RB. Mason stepped up in a huge way on Saturday, Grant will be eligible, McCallebb may stay depending on what the NFL tells him, and Bray can also play RB for a change of pace.

I wasn't too pleased at all with the run defense but, all in all, great game in the 2nd half. I'm glad we have a week to regroup, get some playmakers healthy, and get ready to go between the hedges. As always, it's great to be an Auburn Tiger!

Well, it was tough loss to watch, but LSU is obviously the better team. Our o-line was just overpowered that entire game, though our o-line has been suspect all season long. Hopefully the guys take this is a learning experience and grow from it. WDE! It's always great to be an Auburn Tiger!

LSU is a very good team. I knew we'd lose, but I'd hoped we would keep it closer. I still think that there are at least 2 other games we can win, maybe 3 (Ole Miss, Samford, and maybe Georgia). WDE, and it's always great to be an Auburn Tiger!

I'm pretty sold on Trotter. He handled pressure well, was very accurate, and made great reads. Dyer and McCallebb and Mason were awesome. So were Reed, Stallworth, Blake, and Lutzenkirchen. The o-line and d-line need some work, but I'm ok with how the o-line played. But defense: On defense..oh man, the defense. We still have a LOT of work to do there. I'd hoped that Roof would get it together a bit better this season It might be a long one, Tigers fans, but they're still our team and we still love 'em! WDE!

I absolutely agree there. People always get a kick out of my family. My mom's been a Bama fan for over 30 years, my step-dad is a UGA alum, and I'm an Auburn grad. We get along great (until rivalry games, that is). WDE and RTR.

The difference between the robbers and the Updyke is that, as far as the Auburn football program is concerned, they're a done deal. They committed the crime and they got kicked off. Unlike Updyke, they did not go on Finebaum to brag about what they did and goad the opposing fanbase. Both them and Updyke will get their day in court, and there's public interest, thus they require a news article. Can you speak for the members of the "Bama Nation" that call us "barners", "thugs", wear "$cam Newton" shirts and all the other nonsense? People on both sides behave badly.

This just seems like a dumb argument. No one with good sense is conflating Updyke with the University of Alabama. Everyone knows that he's a fanatic who took a football rivalry way too far. The kids who committed the robbery gave up the chance of a lifetime to play on the Auburn team, get an education, and maybe play in the NFL, CFL, or UFL. They're suffering the consequences of their actions by being kicked off the team. What more is there to say? They screwed up their own lives by their own choices.